11.   He said the Indianapolis-based drugmaker opened talks with Sepracor only after the patent was certain to be approved.

12.   He said that he had indeed gone into the bathroom, but only after the attack on Louima was over.

13.   He was consulted on the project, but only after the decision to intervene had already been made.

14.   I do not lunch, or at least I lunch very rarely, and only after my writing is done for the day.

15.   If a bubble existed, he said, that would be evident only after it burst, and the Fed would deal with the blow by cutting rates.

16.   Ito also authorized the defense to question two other witnesses, but only after prosecutors can speak to the two themselves.

17.   Most of them have since been forgiven, but only after she spent countless hours writing letters, filling out paperwork and talking with creditors.

18.   Nikitin won a battle in court when a judge found him not guilty, but only after he spent two years in prison.

19.   Only after hours of being turned down was he accepted for surgery.

20.   Only after the decision on punitive damages is rendered will the civil trial end.